[Tutor] another better way to do this ?

[Peter Otten]

Emile van Sebille wrote:

> On 01/12/2014 06:43 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
>>   Roelof Wobben <rwobben at hotmail.com> Wrote in message:
>>
>> That documentation says nothing about order.  And the test cases
>>   specifically contradict it.
>>
>> so try
>>
>> if set (b) <= set (a):
> 
> or, as the OP specified, if order is relevant,
> 
> def test(a,b):
>    for ii in a:
>      if ii not in b: a=a.replace(ii,"")
>    return b in a

>>> def test(a,b):
...    for ii in a:
...      if ii not in b: a=a.replace(ii,"")
...    return b in a
... 
>>> test("axbxc", "abc")
True
>>> test("abbxc", "abc")
False

Is the second result desired?